Flatiron supporting and cleaning device



May 27, 1952 c. BUTERA 2,598,347

FLATIRON SUPPORTING AND CLEANING DEVICE Filed Nov. 15, 1950 CharlesBuIera INVENTOR.

BY W-4%,

Patented May 27, 1952 UNITED STATES FATE r OFFICE FLATIRON SUPPORTINGAND CLEANING DEVI 4 Claims. 1

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in flat ironsupports and rests and the primary object of the present invention is toprovide a flat iron support and cleaning device whereby a flat iron maybe effectively cleaned and polished in a convenient manner.

Another important object of the present invention is to provide a flatiron supporting and cleaning device composed of two hingedly connectedsubstantially rectangular and open frame members each having aperipheral sloping seat and a surface treating member or pad positionedin the seats and accessible through the openings in the frame memberswhen the latter are disposed one above the other.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a fiat ironsupporting and cleaning device of the aforementioned character includinga ribbed platform having depending lugs that will enter depressionsformed in supporting legs for one of the frame members to center theplatform over the frame members when the frame members are disposed oneabove the other.

A still further aim of the present invention is to provide a flat ironsupporting cleaning and polishing device that is simple and practical inconstruction, strong and reliable in use, small and compact instructure, inexpensive to manufacture, and otherwise well adapted forthe purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the present invention, the ribbedplatform removed and the frame members hinged apart and the surfacetreating members raised;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the ribber platform forming part ofthe present invention;

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the invention showing the frame membersdisposed one above the other and the platform supported upon the framemembers, and with part of the platform broken away; and,

Figure 4 is a longitudinal vertical section view taken substantially onthe plane of section line 44 of Figure 3.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein for the purpose ofillustration, there is disclosed a preferred embodiment of the presentinvention, the numerals I and I2 represent a pair of elongatedpreferably rectangular frame members each having a peripheral slopingseat I4 about their openings I6.

The frame members In and I2 are hinged together, as at I8, to permit theframe member I0 vto be folded over the frame member I2 with the framemembers in contacting relationship as shown in Figure 4 of the drawings.

One side of the frame member I2 supports a U-shaped hand grip 20 topermit convenient handling of the device and a resilient clip orarm 22is fixed to-the frame member I2 within the confines of the hand grip 2|]to yieldingly engage the frame member ID and return the frame membersdisposed one above the other and in contacting relationship.

A substantially rectangular rigid, surface cleaning and polishing memberor pad 24 is hinged along one of its longitudinal edges to the hingedlyconnected sides of the frame members, as at 26. The surface cleaning andpolishing member 24 is provided with a double beveled peripheral edge 28that is positioned in the seats I4 when the frame members I0 and I2 aredisposed one above the other, and the fiat surfaces of the member 24extend through the openings I6 in the frame members to be engaged by theundersurface of a flat iron (not shown) One surface or wall 30 of themember 24 is composed of an abrasive material such as emery whereas theother surface or wall 32 of the member 24 is of soft wax cloth materialconstituting a polishing surface. The peripheral edges of the walls 30and 32 are joined, by any suitable means, at the apex of the bevelededge of member 24.

Each of the frame members I0 and I2 is provided with a plurality ofsupporting legs or feet 34 and the supporting legs of the frame memberII) are provided with axial depressions or recesses 36 that receive lugs38 that depend from a ribbed or corrugated platform 40. The platform 40is shaped to conform to the curvature of a flat iron and is centeredover the frame members by the interconnecting means 34, 36, 38, when theframe members are disposed one above the other. The platform 40 isprovided with a pair of upstanding side fianges 42 that will tend toretain a flat iron upon the platform or more specifically the ribbedsurface of the platform.

In practical use of the invention, the device is assembled as shown inFigure 4 for use of the platform for supporting a flat iron. Theplatform is removed and the surfaces or walls 32 and 3|] are selectivelyand sequentially rubbed by the undersurface of a flat iron to clean andpolish the undersurface of the flat iron.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of thedevice will be quite apparent to those skilled in this art. A moredetailed description is accordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A fiat iron supporting and cleaning device comprising a pair ofsubstantially rectangular frame members, means hinging said membersvtogether and permitting one of the members, to be folded over the otherof the said members and a rigid surface cleaning and polishing memheralso attached to said frame members by' said hinge means, said framemembers. each'having a peripheral seat against which said surfacecleaning and polishing member is. seated when the frame members aredisposed one above the other, said frame members each having .an openingthrough which said surface cleaning and polishing member is exposed whenthe frame members are disposed one above theother.

2. The combination of: claim '1, and a clip car ried by one of saidframe members and. engaging the other of said frame members to hold theframe members. one above the other.

3. A flat iron support comprising a pair of hingedly connected framemembers, supporting legs carried by and, depending from the underside ofeach of said frame members, the legs carried by one of said framemembers having recesses therein, a platform adapted to support a flatiron, and lugs on said platform received in said recesses when said oneof said frame members is disposed over the other frame member with itslegs projecting upwardly and located on the opposite side of the supportfrom the legs of the said other of said frame members.

4. A fiat iron supporting and cleaning device comprising a pair of opensubstantially rectangular frame members, each of said frame membersincluding a continuous sloping seat, said seats surrounding the openingsin said frame members, hinge means securing the frame members togetherand permitting one of the frame members to be folded over the other ofsaid frame members, supporting legs for said frame members, and a rigidsurface cleaning and polishing member having a beveled peripheral edgepositioned in said seats and disposed in registry with the openings insaid frame members when the frame members are disposed one above theother.

CHARLES BUTERA.

REFERENCES, CETED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number- Name Date Re. 16,442 McArdle Oct. 19, 1926979,198 Platt Dec. 20, 1910 1,014,478 Hutchings Jan. 9, 1912

